Pope Victor II

Pope Victor II (1018-28 July 1057) was Pope from 1054 to 1057, succeeding Pope Leo IX and preceding Pope Stephen IX.

Biography
Gebhard was born in 1018, and he became Bishop of Eichstatt. In 1054, with the aid of the Holy Roman Empire, he was consecrated as pope, and in 1055 he was responsible for condemning his predecessor Pope Leo IX for simony, clerical marriage, and the loss of church property. He served as guardian to the infant Henry IV of Germany, and he died at Arezzo when he returned to Italy in 1057.